He felt nothing much…but that feeling that he’d been away from here for a long time, he was definitely feeling it.
He could see students walking in the corridors of the buildings around. All of them dressed in different colors of robes.
“Let’s head straight to the head teacher’s office”. Warren said to Ryan, then he glanced at the guard and uttered to him, “Wait here”.
The guard only nodded his head, then Warren and Ryan began heading toward the head teacher’s office. Who was the head teacher? The overseer of this academy.
He or she stands above all the other teachers and can even give instructions to them. The head teacher was in control of a lot of things.
Warren and Ryan kept walking until they arrived in front of the head teacher’s office. Now, there was no way a person wouldn’t know this was the head teacher’s office ’cause it was clearly inscribed on the door, ‘Head Teacher’s Office’.
The door wasn’t open, so what Warren did was to begin knocking on it to know if the head teacher was in or not…
After his second attempt, the door was opened by the head teacher, and she was a female. She was in her forties according to the look of things.
The moment she set eyes on Warren, her eyes widened a little before she voiced out,
“Oh! Warren, you’re here”.
“Yes, I’m here”. Warren stated.
Now, the moment Ryan set eyes on the head teacher, he recognized her immediately. She’d been the head teacher of this academy for some time now.
She was the head teacher of this academy before he went into comma, and was still the head teacher of it…
She was speaking to Warren without noticing the person behind him, she hadn’t set eyes on Ryan yet. She knew a person was standing behind Warren, but she didn’t bother to glance at his face.
“Wow! It’s a great pleasure to see your face again after a long time”. The head teacher said to Warren once again.
“Yeah, I’m actually here for an important reason”. Warren’s voice resounded again.
“Okay”.
And it was after making that utterance that the head teacher decided to glance at the face of the person beside Warren now, not behind him anymore.
..She didn’t bother to glance at him all this while ’cause she thought he was an insignificant person.
The moment she glanced at the person and saw that it was Ryan, her eyes widened immediately as her mouth opened in awe.
“R…Ryan, i…is that you?”. The head teacher stuttered while glancing at Ryan with those widened eyes.
Ryan didn’t say anything, he only nodded his head with a little smile on his face. Then she glanced back at Warren and uttered to him,
“I…Is that t…truly Ryan?”.
She couldn’t help stuttering again, she was in shock…
With a little smile on Warren’s face, he stated, “Yes, that’s truly him”.
“When did he wake up from the comma?”. She inquired with shock still evident on her face.
“Some weeks ago”. Warren responded.
“And he’s fully agile”.
“Of course, as you can see”.
She glanced back at Ryan with that shock still evident on her face. Then she walked toward him and embraced him before saying,
“Thank goodness you didn’t die, you were in a comma for a long time”.
The hug lasted for some seconds before she released him from her embrace. Then she glanced at Warren once again before saying,
“I’m sure you guys were really happy when he woke up”.
“Of course, we were so happy. It wasn’t easy to see him lying lifeless everyday without knowing if he was going to ever wake up or if he was going to die”.
The head teacher nodded her head a little before focusing her gaze on Ryan again and saying to him, “I’m so happy to see that you’ve woken up, Ryan”.
“Thanks”. That was all Ryan said, bowing his head a little.
There was silence for some seconds after that, then the head teacher glanced at the bag Ryan was carrying before uttering once again,
“According to what I’m seeing, seems like he’s here to resume school again”.
“Exactly, that’s why I said earlier that I’m here for an important reason. I want to do the necessary things needed to be done for him to resume school again”. Warren’s voice resounded.
“That isn’t a problem at all, let’s go into my office”.
And after those words flowed out of the head teacher’s mouth, the three of them walked into her office.
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The head teacher, Warren, and Ryan were sitting on a chair each in the head teacher’s office. The chairs they were sitting on were around a certain table.
The head teacher was sitting on one side of the table, while Warren and Ryan were sitting on another side of the table.
So Warren and Ryan were sitting on the same side of the table while facing the head teacher. They’d finished doing what needed to be done for Ryan to resume school again.
He was away from school for more than a year, that was a long time, so Warren had to sign some papers here and there. Apart from that, he dropped a certain amount of money.
Of course, money would have to be involved in this kind of thing. This wasn’t a free academy where students could just attend without paying anything.
Every student had to pay their fees which were handled by their parents. Money was needed for the proper running of this academy…
“So, now that everything has been handled, can I leave?”. Warren uttered to the head teacher.
“Of course, you can”. The head teacher said.
“Okay”. Warren uttered once again before standing up from the chair he was sitting on.
After standing up, he glanced at Ryan and said to him, “Have a nice day at school. The guard that rode us here would come pick you up during closing hour”.
He didn’t need to give Ryan money ’cause Ryan was already loaded with enough money. He nodded his head to his dad’s statement without a single word flowing out of his mouth.
Then Warren glanced at the head teacher, nodded a little, before walking out of her office. So right now, it was remaining only Ryan and the head teacher in her office.
The both of them sat in their different chairs, glancing at each other in silence. And Ryan found it so weird and awkward, but he didn’t say anything though…he didn’t even let it show in his reaction.
Then the head teacher’s voice resounded all of a sudden, “What did it feel like being in a comma?”.
‘What kind of question is this?’. Ryan thought to himself the moment she asked that question.
..Of course, being in a comma is just like being dead.
You wouldn’t know what is happening around you, you wouldn’t be able to feel anything, and so on. So what does she mean by this question?
“Being in a comma is just like being dead, I was completely lifeless, and wasn’t feeling anything”. That was all Ryan said in answer to her question.
She nodded her head a little before saying once again, “As I said earlier, I’m so happy to see that you’ve woken up”.
Ryan only nodded his head. Now, the head teacher was completely aware of what made Ryan fall into a comma, he fell off a hill. And she was also aware of the suicide note and its contents.
She wanted to ask Ryan some questions regarding that incident, but she decided not to do so ’cause she felt it wouldn’t be proper. Bringing up that conversation could trigger some memories he didn’t want…that was her mindset.
So with all these in mind, she decided not to talk about anything related to that incident even though she wanted to…
“So, what does it feel like being in school again?”. She threw another question at him.
“Normal”. That was all Ryan said.
She nodded her head a little before saying once again, “You were almost done with school before you fell into a comma. You were in the last class which would then lead to your graduation,
So you’d be going back to that class. I know it would feel like you’re going back instead of going forward, you are going back to a class you were in before, whereas, you suppose to have graduated by now,
But it’s for the best, it’s better than not graduating and receiving your certificate. Before you know it, it would have gotten to the time for you to graduate. So don’t be disheartened in any way”.
Ryan only nodded his head with a little smile on his face, he loved the head teacher’s words. Then her voice resounded again,
“Let me call your class teacher”.